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Congress Quotes

On Congress as an institution, not a party.

These congress quotes look at Congress as an institution — its investigative reach during wartime, and how public and press attention can outweigh what actually gets debated inside its halls. One line calls Congress the only body with the authority to fix a broken immigration system, treating it as institutional responsibility rather than partisan debate.

We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.

Quotes by Nancy Pelosi

I never dread going back to Congress.

Quotes by Nancy Pelosi

Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.

Quotes by Nandan Nilekani

Originally, Congress provided in 1793 that all foreign coins circulating in the United States be legal tender. Indeed, foreign coins have been estimated to form 80 percent of American domestic specie circulation in 1800.

Quotes by Murray Rothbard

The cost of living is not solved in Congress and Munich - the cost of living is solved here: in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Netanya and Haifa.

Quotes by Moshe Kahlon

Congress does investigations better than they do anything else.

Quotes by Mitch Landrieu

The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.

Quotes by Mitch McConnell

When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I did not believe we should put the country $2 trillion deeper in debt and impose irresponsible massive cuts...

Quotes by Mike Turner

Before being elected to Congress, I oversaw the Cook County Hospital System as a Cook County Commissioner for 10 years.

Quotes by Mike Quigley

My outspoken positions haven't always been popular in the halls of Congress, but they have been rooted in what I believed was right and necessary.

Quotes by Mike Quigley

I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.

Quotes by Mike Ross

Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.

Quotes by Mike Ross

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Quotes by Mike Pence

We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.

Quotes by Mike Pence

Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress the power to impose an individual insurance mandate.

Quotes by Mike DeWine

I expect Congress to continue to work on that, to secure the border, to invest in smart technology, and in personnel that makes a difference there.

Quotes by Michelle Lujan Grisham

2010 was sort of this shock and shift in congress, with the real emergence of the Tea Party.

Quotes by Michelle Lujan Grisham

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

Quotes by Michele Bachmann

We don't need to allow any more Nancy Pelosies to wind up in Congress.

Quotes by Michael Steele

Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.

Quotes by Michael McCaul

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this page about the Indian National Congress party or the U.S. Congress?
The real quotes collected here are about the U.S. Congress — the elected legislative body — rather than the Indian political party of the same name, based on quotes referencing "Republicans in Congress" and wartime "investigating bureaus of Congress." Worth knowing if you came here expecting one and found the other.
What do these quotes actually say about Congress?
They cover a range of views: one raises concern about Congress's wartime investigative powers being used to pry into private lives, another argues the press has more real influence than "what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress," and two describe specific legislative positions — tax cuts framed as helping the economy, and a claim that only Congress can fix immigration policy. Reported here exactly as said, without endorsement either way.
Are these quotes for or against any political party?
They're presented as attributed statements, not the site's own opinion — the collection includes both a claim praising Republican tax policy and one arguing only Congress can fix immigration, without taking a side on either. Compare with Politics for broader reflections that aren't tied to Congress specifically.
What does "impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives" mean in the first quote?
It's a complaint about congressional investigating committees overreaching into people's personal lives during wartime — a civil-liberties concern about legislative power being used beyond its proper scope, not a statement about any individual.
Is there a Hindi-language version of this topic?
Yes — Shayari covers Congress-related content in original Hindi verse, which (unlike this quotes page) leans toward the Indian political context rather than the U.S. legislature.

For related institutional and political browsing on this site, see Hindu quotes or Mumbai quotes, alongside the separate Shayari collection on the same topic in a different language and style.